IV - copacetics....

[Joe Allonby]

I remember it getting used a lot in the seventies. Seems like it
creeped into the popular culture post-Viet Nam through returning
veterans, sorta like fubar, snafu, and clusterfuck.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Carvill, John<john.carvill at sap.com> wrote:
> Welcome Stephen.
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> Dunno about other books, but he did use copacetic in Vineland:
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> "Well, Ralph," DL drawled, "matter of fact, see, Brock ain't in the past
> right now, he's in the present tense again, badassin' around up in
> Vineland County, actin' like a li'l fuckin' army o' occupation."
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> "Hey - I got nothing to do with pot growers, all right? You know that.
> As soon as I saw all this drug hysteria coming, I diversified on out of
> that whole market. Plus it's a Republican Justice Department, come on.
> I'm copacetic with all these people."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Kohut
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:44 PM
> To: Stephen Musgrave
> Cc: pynchon -l
> Subject: Re: IV - copacetics....
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> Stephen,
>
> Nice post and a hearty welcome to you.....may I ask, we have sorta all
> agreed not to 'spoil' with tidbits and not to start the group read until
> later...
>
> Mark
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